Thursday, August 23, 2018

Smallest American car, mid century, and early history

I'm just going to guess, Geo Metro for recently

Austin Bantam for historically... but the Crosley was probably pretty similarly sized

and maybe the Curved Dash Olds? 

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  1. King Midget? Not much of a car but street legal.

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  2. And don't forget the Eshelman 'Adult Sport Car'. Silly but an actual mail order car.

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    1. I draw the line at mail order... those aren't real production vehicles... it's the same with flying cars... sure, there may be some listed in the DuPont magazine as built to order, through the mail, arriving in a kit, but that's not cutting it... neither are cars ordered through the Popular Mechanics magazine.

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  3. Maybe you're missing the boat, midget and flying cars ordered from Just a Car Guy. You'd be rich! lol

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    1. Ah.... no. I'd be stressed out about inventory, insurance, quality vehicles, etc. If I'm going to sell anything, I'd rather it be something simple, enjoyable, pleasant... like books, movies...

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  4. It's kind of a tough call, there were so many cycle cars in the early days. There are a lot of micro cars but usually one offs or very low production. American Bantam and Crowley are of the few that can genuinely be called roadworthy autos. A later model would be the electric Citi Car/Comuta Car.

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    1. Cycle cars? Nope, not going to gut it. Real cars. Not one off cycle cars, and experimentals, and every other oddball.

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  5. Also the H-M Vehicles Free-way, and the Corbin Sparrow.

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    1. never heard of the Free Way before, 700 made, some licensed as motorcycles, and some as cars. That means they don't count. When people can't even agree on how to classify it... that's past the cut off for regular production American Made.

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